"Every Day This Man Stays in Office You Make a Mockery of Sex Abuse Victims"

March 4, 2009

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Stunning testimony this morning before the Rainbow City Council. She left ’em speechless. Read some of her testimony and see why:

“As a concerned citizen and sexual assault survivor, I am sickened that you have not forced Mayor Adams to resign. I am deeply ashamed and saddened to be part of a community that has commissioners who week after week sit silently in support of a predator or worse, yet openly condone his behavior”


Sh
e continues to talk about her attack while in Eugene in 1992 and how the community rallied around her. “I was that eighteen year old victim of sexual assault that was the subject of those large rallies and I can tell you that there was no division in that community’s anger; it was directed solely at the perpetrator. …What if instead of a huge rally in support of me there was a big rally in support of my offender? What if my offender got to wake up every morning and continue a high profile career leading the City of Eugene in all kinds of important matters? What if my offender’s colleagues continued to work with him ‘business as usual’ as if I mattered not at all? In my opinion this has been done to Mr. Breedlove. …You see both Mr. Breedlove and I were young teens when we were used by someone for their own gratification and then discarded. Although I did not consent, Mr. Breedlove was not of consensual age when Mayor Adams began seducing him.

My offender used force while Mr. Breedlove’s offender used Coercion and the city’s resources along with his position of power to seduce and use Mr. Breedlove, a very young teen at the time. …It has been suggested that Mr. Breedlove is not angry at what happened to him… We don’t have the benefit of knowing what Mr. Breedlove will say about what happened to him when he is a 34 year old man… I could venture a guess and my heart tells me that he will be wishing he had pursued justice against Mayor Adams. That is why as commissioners you need to stand up for what is right and not tolerate Mayor Adams in office for one more day.”

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